Problems With Editing

One of the main problems we had with editing was the split screen feature. The reason this was our main problem was because we weren't familiar with the editing programme. At the start of the editing process the boxes of the split screen were not the same size.

Research and Planning- Changing The Title's

As we were filming our opening sequence we deicided that our idea for having the titles interlinked with the scene was too difficult to execute because most of our shots were outside. As a group we have now decided to have the titles displayed on each half of the split screen. For example on the half of the screen where "Poppy" is we will have the girl's who will be staring in our film and who were part of making the film and on "Josh's" half of the screen we will have the boy's who will be staring in our film and who were part of making the film.

Editing Our Opening Sequence

The programme we used for editing was Final Cut Pro. The reason we used this programme and not I-movie was because of the spilt screen element to our piece couldn't be achieved through I-movie. At first we experienced issues with getting to grips with how to upload footage and how to cut our shots down so they flowed nicely throughout the piece. Eventually we got to grips with the programme and managed to edit our piece with ease.

Filming Of Our Opening Sequence

These are a selection of On Location images taken on Saturday 24th January 2010. We decided to take shots of us filming just so we had a lasting memory of it.At first we were a bit disappointed with the weather because we really wanted it to be a clear sunny day in order to get the best lighting in each of our shots but in the long run the weather was only a small factor We began filming at 10.30am in Laura's house as a group we all decided to get to Laura's house half hour before just so we could set everything up and not to feel rushed. We decided to film in a methodical order because otherwise it could all go head over heels. When filming in Laura's house we tried our best to stick to the storyboard just so we knew exactly what we were doing, this system worked very well because as a group it helped us see our opening sequence come together shot by shot which for me was a really exciting factor. We began filming in Jack's house at around 1.00 Jacks shots we're considerably easy too shoot because according to the story board there weren't as many shots of Jack getting ready than there were of Laura so this gave us opportunities to re-shoot and experiment with various shot types.

One of the hardest elements of filming was when we were walking whilst filming because we didn't want the shots to become out of focus or too look rushed and when we looked at the filmed footage we didn't feel this came across and we felt we had some steady shots and if the shots were abit bumpy it worked in context with characters walking.

Photos Of The Actors

Here are photos of the actors playing Poppy and Josh the reason we chose these two actors is because we felt they fitted the look of the characters when we were planning them out.

LAURA DEBOURDE AKA POPPY:
The reason we decided we wanted Laura to play our main character because we felt she fitted the character profile fo poppy the best.

JACK LOWE AKA JOSH:
The reason we decided we wanted Jack to play Josh is because we felt he suited the roll the best out of all the boys we know.

Animatic

Research and Planning-What Should Titles Include

As well as the opening sequence being vital to any film whats equally as important is the title sequence. As a group we decided we to have the titles as part of the surroundings so they look as if they are naturally there.

Staring-Laura Debourde and Jack Lowe
Also Staring- Molly Baxter,Beth Thomas, Chalotte Dexter,Sean Roberts,Micha-Rose Trespeuch,Stephen Wright,Christina Lester, Emily Heath,Emily Prestidge,Connor Marchant,Sam Rochester, Jamie Flint.
Director-Sam Foster
Editor- Gemma Banham
Costume Designer-Jason Summerfield
Dirctor Of Photography-Aimee Rawlinson

WHAT ORDER WILL THEY GO IN....
Main Stars
Other Stars
Casting By
Music By
Music Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Associate Producer
Editors
Production Design
Director Of Photography
Executive Producers
Produced By
Screen Story and Screen Play By
Directed By

Research and Planning- Shooting Schedule

DATE OF FILMING: The date of our filming will be the 23rd of January 2010.

LOCATIONS OF FILMING: For the locations of our filming we will be using 4 places, the places will be.
• The House Of "Poppy"
• The House Of "Josh"
• Danson Park (Bexleyheath)
• Bexleyheath Shopping Center

TIMINGS OF FILMING:
We will begin filming at 10am, we will start filiming in the house of Poppy we will be done filming the inside shots of Poppy at 11am. At 11.15am we will begin fliming in the house of Josh and we will be done filming the inside shots of Josh at 12.15. From 12.45 we will be filming in danson park where the majority of Poppy's shots will take place and a small amount of Josh's will take place. From 2.30 we will be filming in Bexleyheath Shopping Center where the majority Of Josh's shots will take place and a few of Poppy's will take place. The shots inbetween the main location shots we will have shots of Poppy And Josh Walking and Sitting/waiting for a bus ect. We aim to get filming finalised by 4pm this early finish and early start will give us time to re-shoot if we need to.

Research and Planning-Production Logo

This is the Production Logo for our film. At first we were abit stuck with how we wanted our logo to look because we wanted it simple but we didn't want to make it boring and we also wanted to make it contemporary . We decided on this logo because we thought it would suite the theme of the film well. We also think the simplicity of it makes it exciting.

Research and Planning- Production Name

For Our Production Name We Had A Few Choices To Choose From They Were:
• Cow Chow
• G-Jam
• Love Bug
• Moo
The production Name We Ended Up Choosing Was G-Jam. The reason we decided upon this name was because we wanted all of our names to be combined within it somehow and thats what G-Jam Represents.
G=Gemma
J=Jason
A=Aimee
M=Molly

Reconnaissance

Here are a few photos of Bexelyheath these are the main places we will be shooting in Bexleyheath (the center).

Organising The Shoot.

Who's In charge Of What?

Costumes; As a group we decided Aimee would be in charge of deciding what the actors playing Poppy (Laura Debourde) and Josh(Jack Lowe) will be wearing on the day of the shoot. For the actress playing poppy we decided wanted her to where a floral pattern dress with a cardigan something that is similar to the image below, we feel that this will give an "indie" feel to poppy but also make her look arty and we feel that this type of dress achieves this.

For the actor playing Josh we decided we wanted him in a simple outfit again so he looks "indie"

but we don't want him to look like the typical topman shopper. We decided we wanted Josh in

jeans and perhaps a grey coat and cardigan, something similar to this photo but more suited for outside.

Setting: When we were looking for locations we put Molly in charge of finding the perfect setting for our shoot. As a group we wanted somewhere where the two actors could blend in but subtly stand out. Molly then came back to us and suggested Bexleyheath shopping center and as a group we got really excited the reason for this excitement was because Bexleyheath welcomes a variety of people and sometimes you notice those few people that just happen to stick out and this is exactly what we wanted for our characters.


Organising Actors: When it came to organising the shooting schedule we had to work out times that we were shooting each of the actors because of the fact we were editing it through split screen we had to shoot both actors on the same day at a different time;As a group we decided myself and Jason would be incharge of this and we have decided to organise the actors in two halves (Jason organising Jack and myself organising Laura) and we think this will work out really well. We decided to film the shots of "Poppy" first because that way we could work out how to shoot "Josh's" shots and how to fit them in so they flowed nicely on the screen.

Research and Planning- Analysis of a Rom-Com "A Cinderellas Story"

The way this film opens it really creates a sense of nostalgia because it opens up with a narration of a women reading a story from a children's book and it makes the audience think of their own childhood, the story she is narrating could be the story of her life. The way the name of the film has been written it has an element of old world embedded through it and the audience get an impression of the way the film is going to be laid out or perhaps the way the film will flow.

Before the narration starts the camera takes the audience on a journey through mountains and we then come to a castle this is where the narration begins the camera then zooms out to reveal a young girl sitting on the bonnet of a car looking over a smoggy city and thats when we see where the film is set.

We then move through elemants of the young girls childhood and we see places within her life that will feature throught the movie. We also get to see how close this young girl is with her father and how much she depends on him. During these opening scenes we then see how the young girl gets a step mother and how her father affections change.

However during a night time story reading from her father an earthquake hits her home town and unfortunatly her father dies and the girl is forced to live with her step mother because they couldn't find her fathers will and she is made to work for her stepmother in her fathers diner.

I think this opening is a really good start of a film it sets up enigmas to show what we will be seeing during the course of the film and I think the narration over the top of the opening really helps the audience get an incite of what we can expect to see during the course of the film.

Research and Planning- The Titles

This title sequence is what inspired us for our title sequence. The reason we admired this title sequence was because how the titles interlinked with the opening sequence and thats what we would like to achieve with our titles. Because we are editing our opening sequence through split screen we would like the name of our film to be shown through the split screen instead of in one frame. The way we would like to achive this is by Poppy having a book that says Naive in it and Josh having a DVD with City on it and when they are put together they will say Naive City (the name of our film.)

Research and Planning- Music for our titles

This is the song we as a group would like to have behind our opening sequence.UNFORTUNATELY we can't use the song as it was originally produced due to copy write infringements. So as a group we have decided to Re-mix the song so it isn't how the band originally produced the song.

Research and Planning- Se7en Opening

The opening scene of Seven focuses in on a man (played by Morgan freeman) getting ready for his daily trip to work; The man seems to be taking his time getting ready which could suggest he is not enthusiastic about his job, he is seen putting on a suit which suggests to the audience he is in a job with high importance, diagetic sound is used in this scene to create a naturalistic setting to the scene, this scene is also very simple because in reality this scene is just a man getting ready but when you break it down and pick out all of the details it is quite complex in what it is representing.

As the scene progresses we see the man go into an apartment were a murder investigation of a young woman is taking place indicating that Morgan Freeman is playing the part of a polce oficer; This gives us an incite as too what the basis of this film is going to be about; during this scene we meet two more characters one of which is played by Brad Pitt the way Brad Pitt's character is introduced the audience can immediately see the difference in the two characters;For example Morgan Freeman's character seem cool calm and collected and he is very well set out in regard to what he is wearing his suit is all pristine and nothing is out of place but when you compare him to Brad Pitt's character we get a totally different opinion. From the outset Brad Pitts character seems cocky and aware of his status at his work place, the fact that his outfit is all scruffy e.g. the shirt hanging out and the looseness of his jacket and the chewing of his gum suggest he's not to fussed about this enquiry but he just wants to get it over and done with this could also be interpreted by the way Brad Pitt's character is talking to Morgan Freeman's character because to the audience it seems very degrading and like he's the man in charge and Morgan Freeman just works for him.

As the characters leave the apartment the camera cuts to a shot of them on a city street, even tho the audience doesn't know what city it is exactly the diagetic sound we hear suggests it is a busy city which works very well in setting the overall pace of the film.

We are then brought back to the apartment at the very beginning; We see Morgan Freeman's character lying in bed again this scene is very simple because all he is doing is lying in bed watching television but its what he does after that that makes the scene worth watching, as he turns the television off he turns on a metronome the ticking noise of the metronome is similar to that of a clock which could be perceived as a comfort to him this could foreshadow his characters actions for the rest of the film on the other hand it could be perceived as a thing to drown out the noise of the street outside.

As we move into the opening credits the colour scheme of the credits are black white and red the these colours are often used because they catch peoples eyes and they make more of an impact to the audience. It is during the credits we get introduced to the third main character the "killer" and this is when the theme of the film starts coming together, although we never see the killers face what we do see oh him/her is their hands cutting out things and putting them into a book and it is this that keeps the audience watching because we want to know Whats in that book? Why are we seeing him stick things into the book? What is its relevance? The music within this scene is quite rocky which gives the audience a rush of adrenaline that makes us keep watching the film to see how the "killer" is going to interact with the two police oficers.

Research And Planning-Kyle Cooper

Kyle cooper is a 41 year old title sequence director.He has designed the lead-ins to 150 features - including Donnie Brasco, the 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Sphere, Spawn, Twister, and Flubber.

"Directors don't call on Cooper for a signature style; they hire him to dig under the celluloid and tap into the symbolism of a film. That aptitude first became apparent in 1995, with the abrasive and highly stylized intro to David Fincher's Se7en. In it, the letters - hand-scratched by Cooper with a needle onto film stock, frame by painstaking frame - disintegrate to the industrial rhythms of a remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer." The oft-imitated setup perfectly captured the addled mind of the movie's serial killer and set the tone for the entire film.http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/cooper.html"

Research And Planning-Analysis Of A Old Title Sequence "To Kill A Mockingbird"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5MutuPVxk

The opening sequence for To Kill A Mockingbird is beautifully made and enchanting to watch. The main focus of the film is innocence and the fact that the main image of the opening sequence is of a child drawing really captures the essence of innocence that the film represents.

The fact that the titles are in black and white really add to the effect of the film. The fact that there is no colour requires the audience to use their imagination especially in regards to the image of the child drawing because it makes us think what are they drawing and what is the significance to this drawing.

The way this title sequence is different from so many modern ones is its simplicity the fact that the titles work so well in context with the film itself if the titles were over complicated it would take away the true meaning of time film.

Shot Types

Shot 1 of Josh: Alarm clock going off and just a close up shot of his hand turning it off (close up)
Shot 2 of Josh: Josh getting up from bed and picking up his jeans then going to walk out of his room (mid shot)
Shot 3 of Josh: Josh walking into his bathroom (Long shot)
Shot 4 Of Josh: Josh coming out of the bathroom and walking down his stairs. (mid shot)
Shot 5 of Josh: Josh walking into his kitchen and getting something from the fridge ( the camera will be placed in the fridge so we see Josh's face) (close up)
Shot 6 of Josh: Josh walking out of his house (shot reverse shot) then starting to walk down the road
Shot 7 of Josh: Josh walking to the bus stop (mid shot)
Shot 8 of Josh: Josh sitting at the bus stop then the bus coming down the road (long shot)
Shot 9 of Josh: Josh getting on the bus (mid shot)
Shot 10 of Josh: Josh getting off the bus and starting to walk through bexleyheath. (long shot)
Shot 11 of Josh: Josh walking through bexleyheath and into starbucks (this will be the last shot of Josh) (Long/mid shot)


Shot 1 of Poppy: Alarm clock going off and just a close up shot of her hand turning it off (close up)
Shot 2 of Poppy: Poppy getting out of bed then looking out of her window.(Long shot)
Shot 3 of Poppy: Poppy (similar to Josh's) looking in her wardrobe looking for an outfit.(Close up/mid shot)
Shot 4 of Poppy: Poppy walking out of her room and in to the bathroom (long shot with the camera panning)
Shot 5 of Poppy: Poppy walking out of the bathroom and into her room to continue getting ready. (Midshot)
Shot 6 of Poppy: Poppy walking out of her house (shot reverse shot) and walking down the road.
Shot 7 of Poppy:Poppy waiting at the bus stop (mid shot)
Shot 8 of Poppy:Poppy sitting on the bus as the bus is moving.(Close up)
Shot 9 of Poppy:Poppy getting off the bus (long shot)
Shot 10 of Poppy: Poppy walking through bexleyheath (mid shot)
Shot 11 of Poppy: Poppy walking into Starbucks (Long shot) (through a different entrace) like Josh this will be the last shot of Poppy.

Research And Planning-What's The Rating For Our Film

For our film we have decided to rate it 12. The reason we have given it this particular rating is because we want as many people as possible to see this film and to relate to this film. Another reason we have given it this rating is because films like "The Proposal" and "Just Married" all have ratings of 12. The reason we have given it a 12 and not a 15 because the reason most films are 15 is because they contain "sex and strong language" and thats not the message we want to give off with our film. The BBFC's Guidelines state that strong language like f*** etc, has to be uncommon at '12' or '12A' - puns on strong language is allowed. Moderate language like 'bitch' and 'twat' are allowed.In our film the lanuguage used will mainly be used in the social groups, for example "Josh don't be a twat". At '12' and '12A' moderate violence is allowed but it cannot be too detailed. They're should be no gory moments.Dangerous behaviour (for example hanging, suicide and self-harming) may be present in ‘12’ or ‘12A’ works but will not dwell on detail which could be copied or present those activities as pain or harm free. Weapons should not be glamorised in ‘12A’ and ‘12’ works. Discriminatory behaviour should not be endorsed by the film as a whole. There may be infrequent sight of drugs misuse in a ‘12’ or a ‘12A’ but the portrayal should not be glamorised or provide instructional details.

Research And Planning-Film Ratings

The British Board of Film Classification rates both motion pictures and videos this also includes some video games. Local Authorities are responsible for accepting and enforcing the BBFC's recommended ratings for cinema showings. Whereas those for videos are legally Binding.



What Do Film Ratings Mean?

U(Universal)-Suitable For All Ages However The Board States That While They Cannot Predict What Upsets A Child, a "U" film should be suitable for audiences aged 4 and older.
PG (Parental Guidance) - General Viewing But Some Scenes May Be Unsuitable For Young Children.
12 A (12 Accompanied/Advisory)- Suitable For 12 Years and Over No-one Younger Than 12 Can See A "12A" film without an adult.
15- Suitable Only For 15 years and Over. No-one younger than 15 can see a "15" film or buy a "15" video.
18- Suitable Only For 18 years and Over. No-one younger than 18 can see a "18" film or Buy an 18 video.
R18 (Restricted 18)- To be shown only in licensed cinemas or supplied in adult video shops. No-one younger than 18 can see or purchase these films.